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Syrian Rejal al-Karamah (Men of Dignity) movement: What happened was a dangerous escalation that threatens civil peace and undermines the trust that authorities have worked hard to establish.

Rejal al-Karamah (Men of Dignity) movement: We condemn in the strongest terms the brutal attack on the city of Sweida and Jabal al-Arab by the Damascus government.

Maduro: We reaffirm that Palestine has the right to exist, resist, and live freely in a fully sovereign state with East al-Quds as its capital.

Maduro: Every bomb dropped on a Palestinian hospital, school, or home not only kills innocent lives but also destroys the foundations of world peace.

Maduro: What we are witnessing today in Gaza and throughout Palestine is not a conflict between equal parties, but rather a systematic plan to destroy a people and eradicate their identity.

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro at the Bogota summit: We raise our voices firmly outraged at the world's silence in the face of the ongoing genocide against the Palestinians.

Syria: Sources to Al Mayadeen: Israeli airstrikes target supply lines of military factions affiliated with the Syrian Interim Ministry of Defense outside Sweida and around Daraa.

Al-Saadi: There were concerns that Lahham would be placed under administrative detention.

Al-Saadi: The Israeli occupation authorities could not prove any allegations leveled against Nasser Lahham.

Lawyer Oussama al-Saadi: The oppressive Israeli measures of delaying Lahham's release had vengeful motives.

Siege of Leningrad: One of the Longest sieges in modern history

author: Al Mayadeen English
source: Al Mayadeen English
27 Jan 2023 23:17

On this day in 1944, The Red army managed to break the siege of Leningrad after pushing back the Nazi forces that besieged the Soviet city for 872 days, bringing victory over the Axis powers one step closer.

Siege of Leningrad: One of the Longest sieges in modern history
Siege of Leningrad: One of the Longest sieges in modern history
Siege of Leningrad: One of the Longest sieges in modern history
Siege of Leningrad: One of the Longest sieges in modern history
Siege of Leningrad: One of the Longest sieges in modern history
Siege of Leningrad: One of the Longest sieges in modern history
Siege of Leningrad: One of the Longest sieges in modern history
Siege of Leningrad: One of the Longest sieges in modern history